Neighborhood protests against the construction of the new parking lot at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital

Neighborhood residents are contesting the location chosen for the new Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital parking lot, on Châtelain Street in Montreal.
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Preparatory work is expected to begin soon, as several citizens have denounced the decision, deeming the location inappropriate.
The new five-story facility will be built on a greenfield site near Rosemont Boulevard, near Maisonneuve-Rosemont. It will have more than 678 car parking spaces and 70 bicycle spaces.
The parking lot will be located next to a daycare center (CPE) and several homes. Residents are particularly concerned about the impact on their health and the environment.
According to one citizen, the protesters deplore the lack of public consultation.
"They really didn't ask for our opinion," she insisted. "They're trying to say we were consulted, but that's not the case at all. They're imposing ideas on us."
"You have a little green space that's really nice in a quiet neighborhood and then you end up with construction, construction, construction," said one resident.
"We're in an area where there are three hospitals, including the Montreal Heart Institute and the Santa Cabrini Hospital [...] they have parking lots, they could open them for employees during construction," said a neighbor in the area.
"When you leave a car, the first two or three minutes [are] the most polluting," explained another citizen. "I'm going to have this 670 times."
The Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre (CIUSSS) of East Montreal Island stated in return that it had considered several scenarios and had carried out analyses, in which pedestrian safety, impacts on the flow of transport and harmonious integration into the urban fabric would have been taken into account.
There will also be mitigation measures during the work, assured the CIUSSS.
LE Journal de Montreal